--- title: "4 Jimmy McDonough Quotes - Famous Journalist" description: "American journalist and biographer... | Jimmy McDonough is a biographer and journalist. He is best known for his biographies of Russ Meyer, Andy Milliga..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/jimmy-mcdonough-70293_quote_you-don-t-like-confrontation-sometimes-i_663199.jpg" --- # Jimmy McDonough (1900) Journalist **4** quotes in **4** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jimmy McDonough is a journalist. ## Quick Facts About Jimmy McDonough Born November 30, 1900 Profession Journalist ## About Jimmy McDonough American journalist and biographer... \| Jimmy McDonough is a biographer and journalist. He is best known for his biographies of Russ Meyer, Andy Milligan, Tammy Wynette, Al Green, and Neil Young. He is noted by critics for his remarkably exhaustive accounts and for his tendency to avoid romanticizing his subjects' lives. For this reason, ## Quotes by Jimmy McDonough > [“-You don't like confrontation? Sometimes I'm really down for confrontation. It's kind of like a changing thing. I don't know why. Must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-mcdonough/you-don-t-like-confrontation-sometimes-i-m-really-down-for/) [Jimmy McDonough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-mcdonough/) [Confrontation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confrontation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/jimmy-mcdonough-70293_quote_you-don-t-like-confrontation-sometimes-i_663199.jpg) > [“Young has a personal relationship with electricity. In Europe, where the electrical current is sixty cycles, not fifty, he can pinpoint the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-mcdonough/young-has-a-personal-relationship-with-electricity-in-europe-where/) [Jimmy McDonough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-mcdonough/) [Neil young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neil-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f7/jimmy-mcdonough-70293_neil-young_young-has-a-personal-relationship-with-e_1281862.jpg) > [“You really can't go through life wanting to be liked. It's the hardest lesson to learn. Once you say, "Fuck it, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-mcdonough/you-really-can-t-go-through-life-wanting-to-be-liked-it-s-the-hardest/) [Jimmy McDonough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-mcdonough/) [Attitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attitude/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/jimmy-mcdonough-70293_life_you-really-can-t-go-through-life-wanting_1416993.jpg) > [“People keep telling me that my music has helped them through periods of their life, and I've never understood how that happens,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-mcdonough/people-keep-telling-me-that-my-music-has-helped-them-through-periods/) [Jimmy McDonough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-mcdonough/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/jimmy-mcdonough-70293_life_people-keep-telling-me-that-my-music-has_1726251.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-mcdonough/#itemlist", "name": "Jimmy McDonough Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“-You don't like confrontation? 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But some people handle it differently- they just go, \"Well, this is something I don't wanna do that I gotta do.\" Some people think, \"This is something I don't wanna do that I'm gonna do- but kinda half-assed.\" I think I fall into THAT category, heh heh heh.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jimmy McDonough" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-mcdonough/you-don-t-like-confrontation-sometimes-i-m-really-down-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/jimmy-mcdonough-70293_quote_you-don-t-like-confrontation-sometimes-i_663199.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/jimmy-mcdonough-70293_quote_you-don-t-like-confrontation-sometimes-i_663199.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/jimmy-mcdonough-70293_quote_you-don-t-like-confrontation-sometimes-i_663199.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“-You don't like confrontation? Sometimes I'm really down for confrontation. 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Just constructing the box's angular red wooden housing to Young's extreme specifications had craftsmen pulling their hair out. Cradled in a stand in front of the amps is the fuse for the dynamite, Young's trademark ax--Old Black, a '53 Gold Top Les Paul some knot-head daubed with black paint eons ago. Old Black's features include a Bigsby wang bar, which pulls strings and bends notes, and Firebird picking so sensitive you can talk through it. It's a demonic instrument. \"Old black doesn't sound like any other guitar,\" said Cragg, shaking his head. For Cragg, Old Black is a nightmare. Young won't permit the ancient frets to be changed, likes his strings old and used, and the Bigsby causes the guitar to go out of tune constantly. \"At Sound check, everything will work great. 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